Sprinkler



Um*mn STATES PATENT .FFICEQ CHARLES D. PARKS, OF SARANAO, ASSIGNOR OFTWQTHIRDS TO ROBT. D. PARKS AND CLARENCE W. PARKS, OF MEOOSTA, MICHIGAN.

SPRINKLER.

SPECIE'ICATION fcrming part of Letters Patent N0. 358,693, dated Marchl, 1887.

Applical'xon filell November 24, 1886. Serial N0. 219,826. (N model.)

T0 al& whom it may concern:

Be .it known that I CHARLES D. PARKS, of Saranao, in the county 0f Ioniaand State 0f Michigan, l1ave invented new and useful Improvements inSprinklers; and I (l0 hereby declare that the following is a fn1l,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had 130 tl1eacco1npanying drawings, which form a pa1t of this specification.

This invention relates t0 eertain new and useful improvements insprinklers.

The objeet of this invention is '00 provide a sprinkler more especiallydesigned f01 sprinkling a solution 0f paris-green np0n vines for 5 thepnrpose of killing insects, and whiarein an agitator .is provided forpreventing setbling and consequen elogging of the valve.

T0 this end the invention consists in the peculiar construction,arrangement, ancl eombinations 0f the parts, all as more fullyhereinafl3er set forth.

Fignre 1 is a vertical central longitudinal section of my improvedsprinkler. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the agitator removed.

In the accompanying drawings, which f0rm a part of this specification, ArepresenLs a cylindrical reserv0ir closed ab its lower end. A1; itsupper end ib is provided with a handleB,by means 0f wl1ich it mayreadily be carried, and

0 aeross the m0uth of 13110 reservoir is seeured a gi1t, O. Thereservoir is mounted upon legs D, which are braced by braces E,whichlatter also tencl t0 supporb and strengthen the bottom of th0 rescrvoir.In tl1e bottom 0f the 5 reservoir obere is a central openingconnnunicating witl1 a tnbe, F, which projects into a sprinkling-nozzle,G, and t0 which ib is preferably ren1ov-ably secnred in any convenienbmanner,although I show it in the drawings as 0 rigidly secured bo thet-ube F, the discharge end 0f which is flaring.

H is a valve-stem, the lower en 1 0l' which carries a perforated disk,I, wiuhin the habe F, and rests upon an a(ljusting-nuta. Around 5 Ehevalve-sbem is placed a coil-sfiring, K, its lower end resting upon the(lisk I, while its npper e nd finds resistance against a bridge orspider, J, secured across the mouth of the habe F, and through whiehtl1e valve-stexn passes up t0 and through the girt O, its upper endterminating in a pull-handle, K.

O is a valve secured to the valve-stem H.

L is a disk secured to the valvestem, and this disk is perforated, as abb, near is outer edge.

M is an inverted cup secured 130 the under face 0f filme disk L,terminating au its lower edge in a perforated flange, N.

In practice the reservoir is filled 01 partially fillecl Witl1 a mixtureof paris-green and Water The operator, carrying the device by thehandle, walks along the 1OW of vines 00 be sprinkled, and ab each 11i1lhe pnlls up tl1e valve-stem, thereby allowing the mixture so flow t0 Ehesprinkling-nozzle, from whence in is discharged upon tl1e plant. Uponreleasing the v-alve-stem thevalve is seated over the discharge, whilethe confined a1'1 in the npper parb of the nozzle prevents leaking 01dropping as ohe clevice is carried fron1 vine t0 vine. 'Il1is repeatedreeiprocabion of the valve-stem and tl1e agitator prevents a settling ofthe paris-green and a consequent clogging ot' the valve, w1n'le the oupM and its flange N tend 130 force the water tothe sides of t-hereservoir and wash from the valve any matter thab may have s'ettledthere. The lower end 0f t11e tnbe F being flaring and the disk Iperforated a1; its outer edge in the act-ion of the device tend 130force the mixbure tnward the onter edge 0f tl1e nozzle, and thns cause am010 even distribution 0f the mixt-um.

The tension of tl1e spring can readily be regulatedby Ehe adjusting-nnta.

\Vhat I clairn as my invention is- 1. In a devic'e fonthe pnrposedesc:ribecl the combination 0'f a reservoir, A, sprinklingnozzle, G,flaring tnbe F, valve-stem H, valve O, spring K, and perforated disk I,carried by said sten1 wibhin tl1e tube, constructed, a1- ranged, andoperating in the manner and for filme purpose sei; fortl1.

2. In a device for the purpose deseribed, the eombination of areservoir, A, provided with a sprinkling-nozzle, G, and a valve, O, Withanagib230r consisting 0f ohe perforated.

disk L, cup M, and perforated flange N, con- N, all conneeted togetherand carried by the ro nected together zmd carried by the valve-stem, lvalve-stem, the arts being constructed, arsubstantially as described. Irangedand operating as and for the purposes 3. In a device forthepurpose deseribedthe specified.

combi nation ofthe reservoir A,provided with a handle, B, and1egs D,with the taube F, sprink- CHARLES PARKS' ling nozzle G, valve-stem H,va1ve O, disk I 0n said stem within the tube F, spring Kperforated diskL, cup M, and perforated fiange Witn esses:

THAD. MERCER, CHAS. E. MEROER.

